Amsinckia spectabilis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C. A. Mey.

Seaside amsinckia, Seaside fiddleneck, Woolly breeches

2003 Lynn Watson

2015 Zoya Akulova

2013 Robert Steers/NPS

Amsinckia spectabilis is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search (624 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. microcarpa ... var. spectabilis
Genus:	Amsinckia
Family:	Boraginaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: coastal, salt-marsh

Communities: Coastal Strand, Coastal Salt Marsh

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


ICPN	Amsinckia diversifolia
PLANTS	Amsinckia scouleri
PLANTS	Amsinckia spectabilis var. bracteosa
PLANTS	Amsinckia spectabilis var. nicolai

More information about Amsinckia spectabilis


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (AMSP3) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 09/26/2022).